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Poker Lexicon - Poker Terms Beginning With 'A'
Able, Baker, Charlie - The first, second, and third player to the left of the dealer, respectively.
A-B-C, A-B-C-D - A sequence of the lowest cards in a lowball game. For example, the hand 8-6-3-2-A might be called an "eight-six-a-b-c".
ABC player - A predictable player known for playing only obviously good hands
Aces Full - A full house with three aces and any pair. Also known as acey-uppy.
Ace-high - A five-card hand that contains one Ace, with no straight or flush or a hand with no pair in it.
Aces Up - A hand that contains two pairs, one of which is a pair of Aces
Ace - Highest or lowest card. - The ace will either begin or end the sequence. Begin: A-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-T-J-Q-K. End: 2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-T-J-Q-K-A.
Ace in the hole - Term used in a stud game, when one has an ace as one of their downcards.
Ace out - Winning by bluffing or barely beating an opponent. Winning while holding an ace high hand (since it doesn't contain a pair.
Ace-to-five, ace-to-six - Methods of evaluating low hands. See ace-to-five lowball, ace-to-six lowball.
Ace up the sleeve - When a cheater withdraws an ace from the deck to be used later in the game. When someone takes an unfair advantage.
Ace working - An ace in hand.
Ace-high - Five card hand with an ace but no pair.
Acepots - A kind of high draw poker. A player cannot open the pot if s/he does not hold at least two aces.
Aces and spaces - A hand with one pair of aces, and nothing else.
Aces over - A hand with pairs, one of which is aces
Acey-duecy - Two pairs; one of aces, once of deuces
Acey-uppy - A hand with pairs, one of which is aces. Also know as aces full.
According to Hoyle - Refers to the rules of poker - a vague phrase invoking authority.
Act - An intentional tell intended to give false information about a hand.
Action - Checking/Betting/Raising. A game in which players are playing a lot of pots is
considered an 'action' game.
Active Player - Any player who is still in the hand.
Active - Still in contention for the pot. Usually used as part of the phrase active hand or active player.
Active hand - The hand held by an active player.
Action player - Euphemism for a less skillful player who bets and calls frequently with inferior hands.
Action button - A marker similar to a kill button, on which a player places an extra forced bet.
Add-on - Live game, to buy more chips before you have busted, tournament play, a single re-buy for which all players are eligible regardless of their stack size.
Advertise - To give off signals that you’re a particular type of player. Usually involves making a loose play to induce later betting into your strong hands.
Advantage player - A player who wins by taking advantage; a cheat.
Advantage tool - Any sort of cheating mechanism, such as a marked card or a hold out machine.
A-Game - The highest stakes game at any given establishment. Playing one's best quality game.
Age - The player immediately to the dealer’s (or button’s) left; so called because he is the player who received the first card during the initial deal.
Agent - Participant in a cheating scam.
Aggressive - Adjective to describe a player who raises and re-raises and rarely calls.
Ahead - To win Regarding your position at the table; ex. You are ahead of the dealer.
Ajax - The name of an Ace and Jack in the pocket, suited or otherwise.
Ainsworth - A term used in hold’em; 6 – 2 as a player’s first two cards.
Air - In a lowball game, "giving air" is letting an opponent who might otherwise fold know that you intend to draw one or more cards to induce him to call.
Alabama Night Riders - Three kings
Alcohol - The term given to describe the event of a player announcing that s/he will make the minimum bet necessary to continue in the hand.
Alexander - The king of clubs. Most likely derived from Alexander the Great.
All black - A spade or a club flush. Also called all blue, all purple.
All red - Having a heart or a diamond flush. Also called all pink.
All the way/all the way in one play - When a player bets all her/his chips.
All-in - When a player bets all his/her chips.
All in over the top - Betting one’s entire stake after an opponent’s bet.
Alone player - A card thief who operates with no accomplices.
Alternate straight - Skip straight. See non-standard poker hands.
AMC - All My Chips – a declaration during a game.
American Airlines - Two Aces.
Ammo, ammunition - Chips in play. I'm going to need more ammo for this game.
Angle - An action that isn't against the rules, but still incorporates unfair tactics.
Angle-shooting - Using unfair tactics.
Ante - Money placed in the pot before the hand is begun.
An ace working - An ace in the hand.
Anaconda - A type of seven card stud in which the cards are passed to the left and right, sometimes multiple times, and sometimes with five cards chosen at the end and rolled; that is – exposed one at a time.
Animation - In an online cardroom, this term refers to the dealing of cards, chip movement, and so on, which take place as smooth movements.
Announced bet - A verbal declaration made by a player that he or she is betting.
Ante bean - An ante or chip used to ante.
Ante off -In tournament play, to force an absent player to continue paying antes, blinds, bring-ins, or other forced bets so that the contest remains fair to the other players.
Ante up - To place one’s ante in the pot.
Apple - A big game, often the biggest game in a particular club.
Argine - The queen of clubs.
Arkansas Flush - A four card flush
Artist - A cheat who manipulates the deck (example: dealing from the bottom of the deck.)
Art Gallery - A five-card poker hand made up entirely of face cards.
Automatic Bluff - A bluff made without thinking about it, made automatically because of a particular situation. Depending on the circumstance this bluff will often be made regardless of the players cards.
Assault rifle - In Omaha, hole cards that are A-K-4-7 of any suit.
Assigned bettor - The player who is first to bet in a particular round.
Auto ante - Automatically ante on each new hand.
Ax - The percentage of the pot kept by management to pay expenses; commonly referred to as drop.
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